Horse-power.



PATBNTED' JULY 2, 1907;

F. M'. FOUNTIN.

HORSE. POWERL AP PLIOA.TION 1ILED lIEEIB. 9, 1907.-

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UNITED sTATEs FRED M. FOUNTAIN, OF OLAREMORE, INDIAN TERRITORY.

HORSE-POWER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application iilecl February 9, 1907. Serial No. 356,545.

To all `whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED M. FOUNTAIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Claremore, inthe Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to horse powers, and has for its object to providecertain improvements in the same as will be hereinafter more definitelypointed out and claimed, references being had to the` accompanyingdrawings, in which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedclevice. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional viewl of the same,the winding drum being shown in fulllines. Fig. 3 is an end elevation ofthe same. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one end of the device the uppercross bar being removed.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the severalviews.

In the said drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes the frame-work ofthe device in bearings 2 in which is rotatably mounted the windingdrum-3, carrying near one' end a gear wheel 4. Vertically mounted in'abear'-I ing 5 in the frame-work is the lower end of a shaft 6, the sameextending upwardly through a bearing 7 in the upper cross bar 8 of theframe-work, and having an upper squared portion 9 on which is keyed theusual sweep 10, and a lower squared portion 1l, on which is mounted torotate therewith, but vertically movable thereon, a sleeve l2 underlyinga gear wheel 13 that meshes with gear wheel 4 on the drum 3, when saidsleeve 12 and gear Wheel I3 are in their lowerrnost positions.l Saidsleeve 12 has pintles 14 projecting from each side thereof that engagein V-shapedslots 15, in the biiurcatedarms 16 of a lever I7 that is bentto iorm a pivot at 1S, and is extended into an operating handle 19,disposed in a stop plate 20 on the side of the framework.

Pivoted at 27 in the cross bar 8 of the frame-work 1,4`

and adapted to swing beneath said cross bar, is a lock bar 28, said barwhen swung beneath said cross bar 8 snugly filling the space betweensaid cross bar and the underlying gear wheel 13 to retain the latter inmesh with gear wheel 4. Passing around an enlarged portion 29 on thedrum 3 is a strap brake 30, connected to an operating lever 31.

From the above description the operation of my improved constructionwill be understood as follows: With the parts in the position shown inthe drawing the gears 4 and 13 are retained in mesh by the lock bar 28,and motion imparted to the sweep l0 by the horse will be transmitted tothe drum 3, to wind the rope thereon, the hanger 25 running freelyontrack 22, following said rope to and fro as it winds on said drum,said hanger as it reaches the inclines 23 on said track at each endriding up the same, whereby it is checked, so that the rop'e willcommence to wind up in the opposite direction on the drum 3, therebypreventing said rope from building up at one end, and causing it to windin even layers back and forth on said drum. To disconnect the drum 4from the sweep 10, the lock bar 28 is drawn out to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 4, thereby releasing gear wheel 13, whichmiay thenbe raised out of mesh with gear wheel 4, by depressing the end 19 oflever 17, which by rocking on its pivot 18 will raise sleeve 12 and gearwheel 13. l

To permit the gradual slackening of the rope when the gear wheels 4 and13 are disengaged, I provide the strap brake 30, whereby the rotation ofdrum 3 may be controlled, it being observed that the-operating lever 31of said strap brake and the handle 19 of lever 17, are so located withrespect to each other that one workman can simultaneously operate both.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by4 Letters Patent, is:

1. In a horse-power, a framework, a winding drum therein, a verticalshaft therein, a sweep connected to said shaft, a fixed gear wheel onsaid drum, a gear wheel ver tically shiftable on said shaft, means formoving said shiftable gear Wheel into and out of mesh with said fixedgear Wheel, and means independent of the gear shifting means forlocking; said gear wheels in mesh.

2. In a horsepower, a frame-work, a winding drum therein, a verticalshaft therein, a sweep connected to said shaft, a fixed gear wheel onsaid drum, a gear wheel vertically sliiftahle on said shaft, means formoving said shiftable gear wheel into and out of mesh with said fixedgear wheel, and a lock bar pivoted to said frame-work and adapted whenin its closed. position to retain said shiftable gear wheel in mesh withsaid drum gear wheel.

3. In a horse-power, a frame Work, a winding drum therein, a verticalshaft therein, a sweep connected to said shaft, a fixed gear wheel onsaid drum, a gear Wheel vertermediate its length on said frame-Workwhereby said sleeve and its gear Wheel may be shifted vertically intoand out of mesh with the drum gear wheel, and a lock bar pivoted to saidframe-Werk and adapted when in its closed position to retain saidshiftabie gear wheel in mesh with said drum gear Wheel.

4. In a devceof the character described, a framework, a Winding drumtherein, means for rotating said drum, a rope guide, a track upon whichsaid rope guide is adapted to travel having its ends upturned to reversethe 1() direction of travel of said rope guide, whereby the rope will bewound upon said drinn in even layers.

In testimony whereof I allix niy signature, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRED M. FOUN'IAIN.

Witnesses E. W. CAN'rnnLr., A. E. BALL.

